Mar 26, 2017 21:13
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Spanish term

plano paralelo al real

Non-PRO Spanish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Es como si Agustina habitara en un plano paralelo al real, cercano pero inabordable, es como si hablara en una lengua extranjera que Aguilar vagamente reconoce pero que no logra comprender
Change log

Mar 27, 2017 00:47: philgoddard changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Phoenix III, Yvonne Gallagher, philgoddard

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Proposed translations

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15 mins
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plane parallel to the real world

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Note added at 16 mins (2017-03-26 21:30:21 GMT)
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I literally have been thinking about this and looking at references, and came up with this, and have just seen neilmac's contribution!
Peer comment(s):

agree Francois Boye
42 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks!"
5 mins

parallel plane to the real (world)

I think we might need the "world" I added there, just around of the sentence. Perhaps not.

"It is as though Agustina were living in a parallel plane (of existence) to the real (world), nearby but unapproachable; as though she were speaking some strange foreign language that Aguilar vaguely recognised but could not quite understand/comprehend"

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Note added at 6 mins (2017-03-26 21:19:45 GMT)
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Another option could be parallel dimension, but that sounds a bit sci-fi, probably not suitable for the context.

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Note added at 7 mins (2017-03-26 21:21:08 GMT)
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Correction: " just around of the sentence"should read "just to ROUND OFF the sentence" (para redondear la frase, completarla).
Dragon fail.
Example sentence:

Isn't Pokemon Go technically in a parallel plane to the real world?

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+2
1 hr

Parallel universe

Quite diffferent to the real world news
Peer comment(s):

agree Yvonne Gallagher : idiomatic answer
32 mins
thanks Galagy!
agree philgoddard
2 hrs
thanks Phil!
neutral Robert Carter : Idiomatic, yes, but I don't think that's quite what is meant here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_universe_(fiction)
3 hrs
thanks Robert!
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